Fruit-jar



(ModeL) I E. A. DE STEIGER.

FRUIT JAR.

No. 336,800. Patented Feb. 23, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD A. DE STEIGER, OF LA SALLE, ILLINOIS.

FRUIT-JAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336.800, dated February 23, 1886.

(Model) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. DE STEIGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at La Salle, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit-Jars; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

My invention relates to fruit-jars and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Ihe object of the invention is to provide a simple and perfect fastening which shall rein der the vessel perfectly air-tight, and which will admit of a more simple and practical con struction of a glass cover and wire fastener than has heretofore been attainable.

In the drawings,Figurel is a detached View of the cover. Fig. 2 is a detached view of the wire fastener. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the shoulder of the jar; and Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the jar with cover attached.

In the accompanying drawings, A designates a glass jar, and d is the shoulder of the same, in which are formed the recessed bearings a molded in the glass at equal distances apart.

a designates the cover, which is made of pressed glass or of pressed metal, and is provided with a center-pin, b, and two inclined arc-shaped ridges,c c,each extending half-way round or a lesser distance on theupper face of rod.

the cover.

milled periphery, and to the fact that it is not necessary to touch the wire or bar in fastening and unfastening the cover, it only being necessary to turn the cover alone to engage and disengage the inclined ridges from the It has heretofore required great care in devices of this character where a'rotative fastening-bar has been used to prevent accidental displacement of the same, as should the said bar become engaged by anything,so as to move it in the direction of the incline of the ridges, the whole device would become inoperative by the loosening of the cover. These objections are obviated by my construction,as the fastening-rod cannot be moved in either direction until the cover has first been turned.

To use thejar,the packing-ring is first placed on the shoulder of the jar. The wire fastener is then placed on the cover, the coil or loop of the wire encircling the center-pin in The cover is then placed on the mouth of the jar, so that the hook ends of the wire will be directly under the recessed bearings. The cover, which has a milled periphery, is then turned to the right, tightening as the inclined ridges press under the wire, and thus securing the cover tightly in place.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

The comhination,with a jar having recessed bearings at opposite points,of a cover having a milled periphery, inclined ridges on its upper side, and a central vertical integral stud, and a rod coiled to form an eye to receive the said stud, and having its opposite ends bent downwardly and inwardly to engage the recessed hearings in the jar, whereby the said rod may remain fixed with relation to the jar when the cover is turned to fasten and unfasten the same, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' EDWARD A. DE STEIGER.

Vitnesses:

W. H. LANGDON, J. DONOGHUE. 

